> Why do you assume that the benefits would outweigh said costs? That's a weird burden to set on the format.
I'm not assuming that there are those benefits, but that there are people to see them. Those who _very_ vocal about browsers (and Chrome in particular) not supporting it seem to think so or they wouldn't bother.
If I propose integrating good old Targa file support into Chrome, I'd also be asked about a cost/benefit analysis. And by building and using a polyfill to add that support, I show that I'm serious about Targa files, which gives credence to my cost/benefit analysis and also lets people play around with the Targa format, hopefully making it self-evident that the format is good, and from there that these benefits based on native support would be even better.
For JXL I see people talking the talk but, by and large, not walking the walk.
I see what you mean. Yeah, I think jpegxl is the format that I've heard about the most but never really seen in the wild. It's a chicken and egg problem but still, it's basically not used at all compared to the Mindshare it seems to have in these discussions
I'm not assuming that there are those benefits, but that there are people to see them. Those who _very_ vocal about browsers (and Chrome in particular) not supporting it seem to think so or they wouldn't bother.
If I propose integrating good old Targa file support into Chrome, I'd also be asked about a cost/benefit analysis. And by building and using a polyfill to add that support, I show that I'm serious about Targa files, which gives credence to my cost/benefit analysis and also lets people play around with the Targa format, hopefully making it self-evident that the format is good, and from there that these benefits based on native support would be even better.
For JXL I see people talking the talk but, by and large, not walking the walk.